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28. Proper tarpaulins shall be used in discharging or taking in ballast, coals, rubbish, gravel, earth, or filth of any kind, so as to prevent any part thereof from falling into the lake.

29. Steamships at all times when under way must have, in addition to the helmsman, a responsible person on the bridge in charge of the ship, and also a responsible person in charge of and attending to the engine. The utmost care must be taken by the person or persons in charge to prevent accidents to other vessels.

30. If the master of any vessel that is being navigated within the lake neglects to observe any of the “Regulations for preventing Collisions at Sea” which may from time to time be made by His Majesty’s Order in Council (which regulations are by section 191 of “The Shipping and Seamen Act, 1903,” brought into force in the colony), he shall, in addition to any liabilities he may incur by so doing, be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5.

31. In every case where a vessel having passengers on board, or engaged in carrying passengers, or, if a steamship, lawfully entitled to carry passengers, is or lies alongside of any wharf the following special provisions shall apply:—

(1.) The master of such vessel shall keep for the use of passengers or persons coming from or going on board such vessel a proper and secure gangway with double side-rails, or stanchions with ropes rove taut through the same, the top rail or rope being not less than 3 ft. 3 in. high, and shall cause such gangway to be securely fixed to and extend from one portion of the ship’s deck or side-rail to the wharf, with a good solid bearing at each end, and to be so kept fixed so long as such vessel is or lies alongside such wharf.

(2.) If the outer end of any such gangway rests on the vessel’s side-rail the master of the vessel shall keep substantial steps fixed to lead from the end of the gangway to the vessel’s deck.

(3.) The master of the ship shall, if the ship be in use, keep a proper bright light fixed, and burning bright and clear, over such gangway from sunset to sunrise, in such a manner as to light the whole length of it properly.

32. Whenever the hatch of a vessel is open for the purpose of working cargo or otherwise, and there is not sufficient daylight for persons working at or near it or passing near it to see clearly that it is open, then the master of the ship shall place a light or lights at such hatch of sufficient brilliancy to enable persons to see that it is open, and shall maintain such light during the time the hatch is so open and insufficiently lighted.

33. After work has ceased for the day on board of any vessel all hatches shall be put on and properly secured to prevent accidents; and before closing the hatches an officer of the vessel shall go into the hold and into the between-decks and satisfy himself that there are no signs of fire.

34. Every vessel arriving at a wharf shall be moored where the Department directs, and shall not be changed or moved from any berth thereat without permission.

35. It shall not be lawful to anchor a vessel so as to obstruct the approach to any wharf.

36. The master or officer in charge of any vessel shall slack down or heave in any warps, or heave ahead or astern, or haul off from any wharf when ordered by the Department to do so.

37. The Department may order any vessel to be removed from any berth alongside any wharf, or from any anchorage, to any part of the lake, whenever in the opinion of the Department such removal is proper for the general accommodation of shipping, and it shall be the duty of the master or officer in charge to obey such order.

38. Every master or officer in charge of a vessel shall on all occasions, when ordered by the Department, do whatever the Department may consider necessary or expedient with the view to the safety and interest of the whole shipping, and in consideration of the state of the weather or any other circumstance.

39. The Department shall have power to close any wharf or any portion thereof whenever in its opinion it is advisable to do so, and the wharf or portion thereof so closed shall not be used for traffic.

40. No person shall be allowed on any wharf or in the sheds or buildings used therewith unless he has, in the opinion of the Department, legitimate business thereon.

41. No person shall disobey the orders of the Department or its officers when acting in the due performance of their duty, nor in any way obstruct the traffic on any wharf, pier, jetty, or landing-place, nor make use of abusive or improper language thereon.

42. No person shall scribble upon, cut, scratch, or otherwise deface any part of any wharf, or any shed thereon or connected therewith.

43. Any person who accidentally or otherwise damages or destroys any of the Department’s property shall be liable for the cost of repair or renewal thereof.

44. If any person fails, refuses, or neglects to do anything required by these regulations, or in any manner obstructs, impedes, or interferes with the doing of anything enjoined or authorised to be done, or wilfully does anything prohibited by these regulations, every such person so offending shall, where no other penalty is imposed by these regulations, be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5.

45. The following dues shall be payable to the Department for the use of the wharves on the said lake:—

Wharfage on Vessels.

Regular trading-steamers and sailing-vessels, £ s. d.
for each wharf, per half-year, per ton register, payable in advance .. .. .. 0 0 6
With a minimum charge of .. .. 1 0 0
Irregular trading-vessels of any class, for each time they come alongside a wharf, per ton register .. .. .. 0 0 1
With a minimum charge of .. .. 0 2 6

Wharfage on Goods.

All goods landed on or shipped from any wharf, per ton weight or measurement .. .. 0 1 0
With a minimum charge of .. .. 0 0 3

46. All vessels which do not pay their wharfage dues in advance shall be deemed to be irregular trading-vessels, and wharfage dues shall be payable accordingly.

47. The half-year will commence on the 1st days of January and July in each year.

48. All wharfage dues payable by irregular trading-vessels shall be paid to the Department, or to some one appointed by it to receive them, the payments to be made by the master or owner of the vessel upon application.

49. All goods not removed from the wharves or sheds within seven days will be charged double rates—viz., 2s. per ton; with a minimum charge of 6d.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Withdrawing Land from the Operation of “The Kauri-gum Industry Act, 1898.”

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twelfth day of January, 1906.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, K.C.M.G., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by “The Kauri-gum Industry Amendment Act, 1902” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is enacted that the Governor may by Order in Council declare that land set apart under “The Kauri-gum Industry Act, 1898” (hereinafter termed “the principal Act”), as a kauri-gum reserve, and which is no longer required for the purpose of gum-digging, shall be no longer subject to the principal Act, and shall thereafter be dealt with by the Land Board as ordinary Crown land; provided that such Order in Council shall only be issued in pursuance of a resolution of the Land Board, supported by such independent evidence as the Governor in Council deems necessary:

And whereas the Land Board of the Auckland Land District has duly passed a resolution recommending that the Kohoroa No. 1 Kauri-gum Reserve described in the Schedule hereto be excepted from the operation of the principal Act, and it is expedient to give effect to such recommendation:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby order and declare that the Kohoroa No. 1 Kauri-gum Reserve described in the Schedule hereto shall be no longer subject to the provisions of the principal Act, and shall hereafter be dealt with by the Land Board as ordinary Crown land.

SCHEDULE.

All that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 2,900 acres, more or less, being the Koheroa